Improvement in fruit-boxes



(LWMeston Fruit 130x.

No. H9 ,806. Patented on. 1'o,1a71.

Vit-IIQSSQS r lnvento r e x QM UNITED STATES CHARLES W. WESTON, OF SANFRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,806, dated October10, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. WESTON, of city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improved Fruit-Box; andI do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawingare suificient to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich it most nearly appertains to make-and use my said invention orimprovements without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of fruit-boxes inwhich two thin strips or veneers of wood, paper, or other thin flexiblematerials are placed crosswise and their ends turned up to form thesides of the box; and it consists in forming a rim to the box andbinding the sides together by making the sides of extra length and thenturning them down over a wire or other suitable stiffeningrim.

In order to more fully illustrate and explain my invention, reference ishad to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, inwhich a and I) represent two veneers or other thin flexible strips,which are laid one across another so that the two thicknesses will formthe bottom of the box. The projecting ends 6, when turned up, form thesides of the box. In order to form a rim to this box I make theseprojecting ends of a longer length than is intended for the height ofthe sides. I then gouge out a channel, 0, on the inside of these sidepieces, and place a wire, d, or other stifi'ening-rim in the channelthus formed. The upper portions of the sides are then folded or doubledover the stifiening d to the inside, as shown, and there fastened eitherwith tacks, paste, glue or by other convenient means.

By thus constructing the box I give it great strength, and am enabled tomake the boxes of any desired sizea consideration not heretoforeobtained, as in the usual way of making them nothing but small boxes canbe successfully made.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The veneers or other thin flexible strips a I) having the lengthenedends 0 doubled over a wire or other stiifening-rim, d, in order to forma rim to the box, substantially as above described.

CHARLES W. WESTON. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

GEO. H. STRONG, J. L. Booms.

